Abstract:
An embodiment of the disclosure relates to a voltage converter for supplying a semiconductor light source and having at least an input terminal connected to a power supply reference, namely an AC mains voltage reference, and an output terminal providing a current signal to said semiconductor light source, the converter being also connected to a voltage reference and comprising at least a step-down block inserted between a switching node and to the output terminal and connected to the voltage reference and an input block connected to the input terminal, as well as to a first input node and to a first output node of a control circuit, in turn connected to the switching node and to the voltage reference. The input block is a pre-regulator input block and comprises at least a switching component connected to the input terminal and to a capacitive block, in turn inserted between a second input node of the control circuit and the voltage reference, such a switching component having a control terminal connected to the first output node.
Abstract:
An electronic amplifier for driving a capacitive load may include first and second differential input terminals to receive an input signal, and first and second differential output terminals to provide a differential output signal. The amplifier may further include a first operational device having first and second differential inputs connected to the first and second differential input terminals, respectively, and an output connected to the first differential output terminal, and a second operational device having first and second differential inputs connected to the first and second differential input terminals, respectively, and an output connected to the second differential output terminal. The first and second operational devices may be operatively configured so that both the first and the second output terminals are at a same reference potential during periods in which a magnitude of differential output signal amplitude decreases.
Abstract:
An electronic integrated device may include a signal generation stage arranged to generate a first signal representative of an under voltage lockout logic signal. The signal generation stage may include a voltage divider block arranged to provide an internal reference voltage signal to a bandgap core group based upon a reference signal. The bandgap core group may generate the first signal based upon the internal reference voltage signal. The bandgap core group may further include a first generation module arranged to generate a output regulated reference voltage signal based upon the internal reference voltage signal, and a second generation module arranged to generate the first signal based upon the internal reference voltage signal and a driving signal obtained by a preliminary processing of the internal reference voltage signal by a bandgap core module included within the band gap core group.
Abstract:
A control device for regulating the constant output current of a flyback converter, the control device adapted to control the on time period and the off time period of a primary winding switch and including a first circuit adapted to multiply a first signal representative of current flowing through the primary winding and a second signal representative of an input voltage and outputting a signal representative of the multiplication, a second circuit adapted to compare the output signal of the first circuit and a third signal representative of the direct output voltage, the control device determining, on the basis of the output signal of the second circuit, the on time period and the off time period of the switch so that the output signal of the first circuit is equal to the signal representative of the direct output signal to have the output current of the flyback converter constant.
Abstract:
An electronic amplifier for driving a capacitive load may include first and second differential input terminals to receive an input signal, and first and second differential output terminals to provide a differential output signal. The amplifier may further include a first operational device having first and second differential inputs connected to the first and second differential input terminals, respectively, and an output connected to the first differential output terminal, and a second operational device having first and second differential inputs connected to the first and second differential input terminals, respectively, and an output connected to the second differential output terminal. The first and second operational devices may be operatively configured so that both the first and the second output terminals are at a same reference potential during periods in which a module of differential output signal amplitude decrease.
Abstract:
An amplifier with an output protection having an input stage defining a feedback node, an output stage connected to the feedback node and defining an output node supplying an output voltage, and a feedback stage connected between the output and the feedback nodes. A mirror stage is connected to the feedback node and has the same structure as the output stage, the mirror stage defining a reference node connected to the feedback stage for generating a reference voltage to be compared to the output voltage by the feedback stage. The feedback stage generates a current limitation signal fed to the feedback node when a difference between the output and the reference voltages is higher than a threshold.
Abstract:
A compressor control device includes a driving circuit, for controllably supplying a coil of an electric motor of a compressor. A temperature sensor is thermally coupled to the driving circuit and provides a temperature sensing signal correlated to a temperature in the driving circuit. A control stage, coupled to the driving circuit and to the temperature sensor, selectively prevents the driving circuit from supplying the coil, in response to a minimum temperature increment being detected by the temperature sensor within a pre-determined control time window.